Amjad Hussain B. Sial Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	His Excellency
Amjad Hussain B. Sial
Office:	13th SAARC Secretary General
Term Start:	1 March 2017
Term End:	29 February 2020
Predecessor:	Arjun Bahadur Thapa
Successor:	Esala Ruwan Weerakoon
Nationality:	Pakistani
Native Name Lang:	ur

Amjad Hussain B. Sial is a Pakistani diplomat who served SAARC Secretary General from March 2017 to February 2020.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Education

Sial received a master's degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from National Defence University, Pakistan.^[4]

Career

On 1 March 2017, he replaced Arjun Bahadur Thapa and assumed the office of SAARC Secretary General.^[2] Before becoming SAARC Secretary General, he was special secretary at Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[4]

He had served as the ambassador to Tajikistan from 2011 to 2014 and permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pakistani becomes Saarc secretary general. APP. 2 March 2017. Dawn.
2. Web site: Pakistan's Amjad Hussain B Sial is new SAARC Secretary-General. 1 March 2017. The Himalayan Times.
3. Web site: Exclusive: SAARC Secretary General says hopeful of holding Summit this year . indiatoday.in . . 2 May 2018.
4. Web site: SAARC Secretariat. saarc-sec.org. SAARC Secretary General. 2018-11-17. 2018-12-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20181224223441/http://saarc-sec.org/press_release/details/appointment-of-the-new-secretary-general-01-march-2017. dead.